窅

窅 · yǎo

far, deep; sunken eyes; sad

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
yǎo
Cantonese
jiu2
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

far, deep; sunken eyes; sad

Dictionary definitions & readings

窅 yǎo · sunken eyes; deep and hollow; remote and obscure; variant of 杳 yǎo

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42725.120:yǎo Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1342.080:yǎo Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
428.080:yǎo Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
yǎo粵jiu2 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ヨウ オウ エイ ベン メン Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
요:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
於交 烏皎 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
JCBU Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
3060.8 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0864.170 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
154.39 296.21 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
1245a Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+7A85
Radical
穴 · 116
Strokes
10
Residual strokes
5
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7072

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

10 strokes
窅
Strokes
10
Convention
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Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
'aew · 於交 · 效開二平肴影 · #702
Middle Chinese
'ewX · 烏皎 · 效開四上蕭影 · #1670

PHONO-ML, source line 5687; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
999.502
kDaeJaweon
1292.150
kGSR
1245a
kHanYu
42725.120
kIRGDaeJaweon
1292.150
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42725.120
kIRGKangXi
0864.170
kKangXi
0864.170
kMatthews
7296
kMeyerWempe
914e
kMorohashi
25458
kSBGY
154.39 296.21
kSMSZD2003Index
491.01 460.15
kCangjie
JCBU
kFourCornerCode
3060.8
kMojiJoho
MJ019225
kPhonetic
1636
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G3-5F58
kIRG_HSource
HB2-D2F8
kIRG_JSource
J13-7952
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-62F6
kIRG_KSource
K1-687C
kIRG_TSource
T2-315B
kRSUnicode
116.5
kTotalStrokes
10
kBigFive
D2F8
kCCCII
226970
kCNS1986
2-315B
kCNS1992
2-315B
kEACC
226970
kGB3
6356
kGB8
9380
kJIS0213
1,89,50
kJis1
4952
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
4505
kTGH
2013:7072
kTaiwanTelegraph
4505
kXerox
305:150
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+17023+109.5.5 C+17023+116.5.5
kCantonese
jiu2
kDefinition
far, deep; sunken eyes; sad
kFanqie
於交 烏皎
kHangul
요:1N
kHanyuPinyin
42725.120:yǎo
kJapanese
ヨウ オウ エイ ベン メン
kJapaneseOn
YOU OU BEN MEN
kKorean
YO
kMandarin
yǎo
kSMSZD2003Readings
yǎo粵jiu2
kTGHZ2013
428.080:yǎo
kTang
*qěu
kXHC1983
1342.080:yǎo

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 窅0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
穴 above 目 · the shape used in China
Source notation ^⿱穴目$(G)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱穴目$(G)

^⿱⿱宀儿目$(HTJKP)

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